<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT size=3>Did this piano develop 'soft' tuning pins before = or after<BR>your daily tuning practice?<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I can't say for sure as I did not know about = torque at first. I actually did most of my tuning practice on an old upright I = had gotten specificly for practicing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I think I can safely say that all of the pins that = measure loose have always been so. I recall when I first tried setting my = unisons if I barely touched them,</FONT><FONT size=2> they moved.  The = reason I started to do unisons on this piano was because they were = out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It is my understanding that many pianos are tuned = every week or more often with minimal problems.  Is this true?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for the help</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Terry Jack</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>